Rare case of a patient with testicular torsion complicated by acute pneumonia, requiring emergency surgery, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masahiro AraiYohei OkadaHideki TakeshitaKojiro TachibanaMakoto KagawaTakayuki NakayamaAkihiro YanoMakoto MorozumiSatoru KawakamiPublished in: IJU case reports (2021)
We experienced a rare case of testicular torsion complicated by acute pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Special attention should be paid to preventing infection and surgery delay to avoid testicular loss.
Keyphrases
- rare case
- respiratory failure
- germ cell
- minimally invasive
- liver failure
- coronary artery bypass
- aortic dissection
- drug induced
- surgical site infection
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- public health
- emergency department
- mechanical ventilation
- healthcare
- hepatitis b virus
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- intensive care unit
- acute coronary syndrome